Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the following may be suspended for a coalition member in accordance with the coalition's plan:

(1) Subject to section 1(c) of this chapter, IC 20-30, concerning curriculum.

(2) The following statutes and rules concerning curricular materials:

IC 20-26-12-1.

IC 20-26-12-2.

IC 20-26-12-24.

IC 20-26-12-26.

511 IAC 6.1-5-5.

(3) The following rules concerning teacher licenses:

511 IAC 16.

511 IAC 17.

(4) subject to subsection (c), IC 20-31-3 (concerning the adoption of academic standards).

(5) IC 20-31-4, concerning the performance based accreditation system.

(6) Except as provided in subsection (b), any other statute in IC 20 or rule in 511 IAC requested to be suspended as part of the plan that is approved by the state board under section 1 of this chapter.

(b) A coalition member may not suspend under subsection (a)(6) any of the following:

(1) IC 20-26-5-10 (criminal history and child protection index check).

(2) IC 20-28 (school teachers).

(3) IC 20-29 (collective bargaining).

(4) IC 20-31 (accountability for performance and improvement), except for IC 20-31-3 and IC 20-31-4.

(5) Subject to subsection (c), IC 20-32-4 (graduation requirements).

(6) IC 20-32-5.1 (Indiana's Learning Evaluation Assessment Readiness Network (ILEARN) program).

(7) IC 20-33 (students).

(8) IC 20-34 (student health and safety measures).

(9) IC 20-35 (special education).

(10) IC 20-36 (high ability students).

(11) IC 20-39 (accounting and financial reporting procedures).

(12) IC 20-40 (government funds and accounts).

(13) IC 20-41 (extracurricular funds and accounts).

(14) IC 20-42 (fiduciary funds and accounts).

(15) IC 20-42.5 (allocation of expenditures to student instruction and learning).

(16) IC 20-43 (state tuition support).

(17) IC 20-44 (property tax levies).

(18) IC 20-46 (levies other than general fund levies).

(19) IC 20-47 (related entities; holding companies; lease agreements).

(20) IC 20-48 (borrowing and bonds).

(21) IC 20-49 (state management of common school funds; state advances and loans).

(22) IC 20-50 (homeless children and foster care children).

(c) A coalition member must comply with the postsecondary readiness competency requirements under IC 20-32-4-1.5(b)(1). However, notwithstanding any other law, a coalition member may replace high school courses on the high school transcript with courses on the same subject matter with equal or greater rigor to the required high school course and may count such a course as satisfying the equivalent diploma requirements established by IC 20 and any applicable state board administrative rules or requirements. If the coalition member school offers courses that are not aligned with requirements adopted by the state board under IC 20-30-10, a parent of a student and the student who intends to enroll in a course that is not aligned with requirements adopted by the state board under IC 20-30-10 must provide consent to the coalition member school to enroll in the course. The consent form used by the coalition, which shall be developed in collaboration with the commission for higher education, must notify the parent and the student that enrollment in the course may affect the student's ability to attend a particular postsecondary educational institution or enroll in a particular course at a particular postsecondary educational institution because the course does not align with requirements established by the state board under IC 20-30-10.

As added by P.L.190-2018, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.267-2019, SEC.1.